The Book of NatureHarper & Brothers, 1834 - 467 oldal |
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vi. oldal
... means of cure and of prevention . " Soon after , his talents and acquirements began to be highly appreciated , and in 1797 he commenced his translation of Lucretius . To his knowledge of the Hebrew , Greek , Latin , French , and Italian ...
... means of cure and of prevention . " Soon after , his talents and acquirements began to be highly appreciated , and in 1797 he commenced his translation of Lucretius . To his knowledge of the Hebrew , Greek , Latin , French , and Italian ...
vii. oldal
... means the least interesting traits of his history , may be mentioned his extraordinary temperance , fortitude , humility , and devotion . Amid all the occupations of his professional life , and all his application to literary pur- suits ...
... means the least interesting traits of his history , may be mentioned his extraordinary temperance , fortitude , humility , and devotion . Amid all the occupations of his professional life , and all his application to literary pur- suits ...
xii. oldal
... , indeed , is he , who , with this consciousness of guilt and shame , is able by any means to discern a covering that may conceal the naked deformity of his person from the penetrating eye of xii SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE .
... , indeed , is he , who , with this consciousness of guilt and shame , is able by any means to discern a covering that may conceal the naked deformity of his person from the penetrating eye of xii SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE .
28. oldal
... means at all times import an absolute creation out of nothing , but , like create in our own language , that it occasionally denotes the formation of one thing out of another ; yet when we are told that , if Moses had really intended to ...
... means at all times import an absolute creation out of nothing , but , like create in our own language , that it occasionally denotes the formation of one thing out of another ; yet when we are told that , if Moses had really intended to ...
33. oldal
... mean , which conceives the existence of a central and primary chaos , from which all the heavenly bodies have ... means of similar volcanoes , portions of their own substance , each of which , by the common laws of projectiles ...
... mean , which conceives the existence of a central and primary chaos , from which all the heavenly bodies have ... means of similar volcanoes , portions of their own substance , each of which , by the common laws of projectiles ...
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action adverted already observed animals appears Aristotle birds blood body brain called capable carbonic acid character chiefly colour common consequence consists constitutes Cuvier degree denominated derived distinct doctrine earth Epicurus equally existence external senses fact faculty farther feeling fishes fluid former gastric juice genus glottis Greek happiness heart heat hence hippopotamus human hypothesis ideas important innate ideas insects instances instinct intelligence kind knowledge lacteals language larynx Lect lecture less living Lucretius mankind manner material matter means mind moral muscles nature never objects occasionally organs origin oxygen passions peculiar perfect perhaps perpetually petrifactions philosophers physiologists plants Plato possess present principle produced proof prove Pythagoras quadrupeds racters reason respect sensation solid soul species stomach substance supposed taste term theory thing tion traced tribes truth variety various vegetable ventriloquism whence whole words worms zoophytes
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331. oldal - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
xii. oldal - And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
392. oldal - HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content ! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die...
36. oldal - While the particles continue entire, they may compose bodies of one and the same nature and texture in all ages ; but should they wear away or break in pieces, the nature of things depending on them would be changed.
325. oldal - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
xxi. oldal - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
401. oldal - Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty...
70. oldal - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens...
450. oldal - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety?
425. oldal - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.